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COMPTON. STOVE FOR BURNING STRAW, HAY, AND CORN STALKS.

No. 268,192. Patented Nov. 28, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON COMPTON, OF GREAT BEND, KANSAS.

STOVE FOR BURNING STRAW, HAY, AND CORN STALKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 268,192, dated November 28, 1882.

Application filed April 17,1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELsoN GoMPtroN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Great Bend, in the county of Barton and State of Kansas, have invented a new and Improved Stove for Burning Straw, Hay, Gornstalks, and other like substances, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention is an improvement upon the stove secured to me under Letters Patin combination with a stationary base, griddie, and oven and draft-flue section, whereby thefuel-chamber can be moved from under the upper stationary section of the stove, and cornstalks, hay, straw, leaves, or any other similar fuel can be expeditiously packed into separate chambers or in separated masses,so as to have a draft-space between the masses and also about the sides of the same, and then the fuel-chamber can be moved again to its place, and when in'place the two sections will have their lines of junction covered by means of flanges formed on them,respcctively, as will be hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is avertical longitudinal section of myimproved stove as it appears when in use. Fig. 2 is a similar section of the stove as it appears when its fuel-chamber section is adjusted for being charged with fuel; and Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section in the line arwof Fig. 1, look:

ing toward the'oven of the stove. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the stationary part of the stove, with a removable grated fire-box substituted for the removable closed fuel-chamber shown in Figsl, 2, and 3. Fig.5 isaplan view of the fuel-chain ber, slightly modified in the construction of the kindling and draft flue or passage and with a removable wedge placed in said kindling and draft passage or flue. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of the fuel-chamber and removable wedge. In this view the side bars of the kindling and draft passage or flue are entirely dispensed with, and the wedge moves up and down between guide flanges orribs; and Fig.7 isasimilar view to Fig. 5, but the kindling and draft flue or passage is made portable or removable, in order that the fuel-chamber may be used either with or without the draft-flue, according to the.

nature of the fuel on hand to be burned.

The stationary section A of the stove represented in the accompanying drawings consists mainly of a hearth and bottom plate, B B, a griddle or top plate, 0, with side and base plates, are and b, forming the flame-flue D, an oven, E, with draft-flue D D around and out of it, and columns F for supporting the griddle and oven section above and in relief from the bottom and hearth-plate of the stove.

The movable fuel-chamber section A of the stove consists of a rectangular or other suitable-shaped box, G, closed tight at its bottom, rear, and sides,and also provided with'a front which is closed tight exceptat the point where a draft-damper, H, is provided. The top of this box is completely open, and an opening, 0, corresponding in size with the open-top box, is provided in the bottom plate, 11, of the stationary section, this opening registering with the open-top box when the stove is in use, as shown in Fig. 1.

The bottom plate, b,of the flame-flue D forms a back ledge, d, and two narrow ledges, (1, one on each side, at the place where the opening 0 is out through it, and these ledges serve as guides-for a horizontal rear flange, f, and two side flanges, f of the removable fuel-section A, to move over when the sections A A are to be united, as in Fig. 1.

At the front upper edge of the fuel-box G a vertical flange,f, is extended upward, andthis flange comes against the depressed portion f of the front end plate of the stationary portion of the stove.

Upon the base-plate B B vertical ledges g g are provided, these ledges being arranged to fit snugly against the lower back and side surfaces of the fuel box or chamber when the same is brought in position for use, as in Fig. 1.

A fastening-button, I, is provided on the front of the stationary. part A of the "stove, and when it is turned down in front of the flange f of the movable section A it serves for holding the two sections firmly together, while the flanges and ledges on the respective sections serve for perfectly covering the joints between the sections.

0n the inside of the fuel box or chamber grated or perforated partitions h h are provided from top to bottom, for the purpose of forming a draft and kindling flue, h. These partitions, which may be of wire-work or pertorated metal, divide the fuel box or chamber into two compartments, 2' '2, into which the fuel is placed in either a compact or loose form, according to its nature, while no fuel other than kindling is placed in the draft-flue. Around the walls of the said fuel chamber or box A and in relief from the surfaces thereof, wire gratings j are placed, so as to keep the fuel from packing against the walls, and at the same time form spaces for the circulation of flame and air between the fuel and the walls of the chamber or box.

On the bottom of the fuel box or chamber .narrow ribs or upwardly-extended ledges 7c are provided in order to prevent the fuel packing against the bottom of the box, and at the same time for forming air-channels leading to the sides or ends of the box or chamber, and thus insuring a circulation of flame and air up along the sides or ends of the mass of fuel.

The skeleton lining or gratings may be substituted by narrow vertical ribs standing out from the inner surfaces of the fuel-chamber; but this construction would not as effectually prevent finerkinds of fuel from packing against the walls of the chamber or box. If wire gratings are used, as shown, the top bars will be supported by lugs l beneath them, these lugs being cast or bolted on the walls.

In some cases it might be practicable to dispense with a permanent draft-flue, h, and provide the fuel chamber with aremovable or portable draft-tlue, h, as shown in Fig. 7. Said portable draft-flue may be fitted to slide between narrow flanges or guides h provided on the inner surfaces of the walls of the fuelchamber; or it might be practicable to use a removable solid plug, h as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, such plug being provided with a handle, M, at its upper end. vided or adopted it would be titted to move up and down between flanges or guides 7L (similar to the flanges k shown in Fig. 7) on the inner surface of the walls of the fuel-chamber, and this plug would be placed centrally in the fuel-chamber, so as to answer as a partition between the two compartments 7; t, and the loose fuel is packed into the fuel-chamber on opposite sides of the plug, and then the plug on being withdrawn leaves a draft and kindling flue between two masses of packed fuel within the chamber, which masses of fuel may be kept apart by two or more strong bars, which may be inserted into the chamber through apertures h", Fig. 6, formed in the bottom of the fuel-chamber,just before the wedge h is withdrawn or these bars may be permanently fastened in place, as shown in Fig. 5. By thus providing a removable kindling-flue, as in Fig. 7, or a removable partition, as in Figs. 5 and 6, the stove would be better adapted for burning various kinds offuel, and the necessity of furnishing two or more fuel-chambers for each stove, adapted for different kinds offuel, would be obviated.

When a plug is pro-.

In order that the removable section A of the stove may be drawn outfrom under the stationary section A and carried to the place where the fuel is located, or handled for the purpose of dumping its ashes or refuse, it is provided with handles m' m.

The stove herein described is not provided a with a grate, and it is found that by opening the damper ordampers and starting the kindling in the central draft-flue, h,it will burn-*in the freest and most effective manner the various kinds of fuel-such as cornstalks, hay, straw, or leaveswhether the same be partly wet or perfectly dry.

The stationary portion of the stove can be be used with a basket-grate, G, as shown in Fig. 4, such grate by its flangesf f resting upon the flanges d d of said stationary portion of the stove. When such basket-grate is employed an ash-pan, h", is placed under it, and common fuel may be burned, and thus inconvenience will not be experienced when straw, hay, and like substances, which are adapted 0 to be burned in the fuel-chamber G, are not on hand.

The oven of the stove might be arranged in any other known practical way than that shown. 5

By providing the sections A and A with flanges and ledges d d",fff and gg the parts will be held together and the joints between the sections will be closed when the stove is in condition for use, as shown in Fig. 1, and no thus smoke and flame and undue entrance of air will be prevented. The flanges and ledges should be fitted to form as tightjoints as practicable, while convenience of moving the firebox back to its place is afforded, and to this end the hearth -plate B is elevated-slightly above the plane of the base-plate B of the tirebox, as shown at a. By thus elevating the hearth-plate the fire-box, while being moved inward, has its flanges ff f in relief from flanges d d d and from the base B, and then drops down, so as to rest with its flangesff f upon the flanges d d d, as illustrated.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The removable section A, provided with vertical and horizontal flangesfff f fln combination with the stationary section A, provided with flanges and ledges d d d gg g and with a fastening-button, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The removable fuel-chamber section A, closed at bottom, open at top, provided with a draft-damper, a perforated or grated draft and kindling flue, h, and with vertical bars on its inside, in combination with the stationary section A of the stove, the two sections being of the construction shown, and when united completing of themselves the stove for heating and cooking purposes, substantially in the manner 13o herein described.

Witnesses: NELSON COMPTON.

GEO. W. THATCHER, J. D. BAIN. 

